CS at SJSU is an impacted major and has one of the higher impact thresholds GPA requirements and it’s not easy to be admitted.
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While extremely difficult, it is possible to get all of the transfer reqs done in a summer session and then fall and spring. You’d have to have a decent bit of APs to help, and load up in the summer, but it’s doable for a highly-motivated student with a decent chunk of AP credits.
Who knows, he might be that motivated. Also depends on what your CC lets you do. My CC didn’t care when I took 18 units in summer. I know of some CCs that have a much lower cap on summer courseloads.
I honestly think he would get in though. SJSU’s CS is pretty impacted but I work in a consumer tech lab mostly staffed by SJSU EEs and if you look on there, EE is similarly impacted. All of the EEs I work with are intelligent, but knowing their high school past, most of them had weaker profiles coming out of HS than him.
OP would be a decent fit for SJSU IMO.
Some of the best schools in the country for CS- CMU- in Pittsburgh. Case- in Ohio. UIUC- in Illinois. Georgia Tech- Georgia. UT- Texas. I won’t make you suffer through the entire list of FANTASTIC CS programs which are nowhere near California to make my point.
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A lot of CS programs in CA are impacted/competitive these days. The OP is not guaranteed to get in to SJSU for CS.
No, not with the OP’s GPA.
The point values are based on the calculation described here:
Impaction | Admissions 65
CS was the most competitive major, with a 3400 threshold score. EE was 3,460. This is equivalent to a 4.25 recalculated HS GPA, or a slightly lower GPA with some bonus points for local area, fee waiver eligibility, military status, or first generation to college.
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Anyway, you could move to CO with your parents and attend a CC there. Mines in CO has a guaranteed admission pathway with a couple of local CC’s (they’re near Denver). CO publics tend to be relatively expensive even for in-state, though.
Where will your parents move to in CO? If near Boulder or Golden, you could commute from home.
How much did you say your parents can pay each year? You’re very limited in the amount of loans you can get.
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Not trying to influence either way, but is the military completely out of the question? Money for college, on-the job training, & military/vet status can really help with admissions. Not for everyone but something to consider.
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I’ve thought about it before.
That would just be a last resort type thing.
You can do National Guard. The slogan is “one weekend a month, two weeks a year during the summer”. The reality is that it’s going to be more than that, FYI. I will say the NG is one of the most administratively effed-up parts of the military, but CA Guardsmen pay ZERO tuition at public colleges for their service duration(yep, that’s right), are eligible for the MGIB-SR(and with current recruitment, expect maximum kicker too for around $750/mo for 32 months), and you can get a field-relevant MOS like cyber or something(I am not entirely sure if CA NG has a cyber unit, you need to check that). Also probably a fat bonus because, as stated, CA NG recruitment SUCKS.
I’m a CA Reservist who sometimes regrets not going NG for the free tuition but am still very happy with my USAR choice because the NG doesn’t have my military specialty.
Edit: Okay I just checked and I do not believe the CA NG has a cyber unit, but there is always intelligence. Signals or intelligence analyst is always a good MOS.
All in all though, TL;DR: No tuition for all college for 6 years, probably a 20K bonus, probably $30,000+ for college, and you get military status and job experience. Then in 6 years you’ll be happy you get VA loan and other veterans benefits. All you have to do is embrace the minor suck of basic/AIT and then serve out your quiet 6 years.
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Interesting. Seems like going test blind honestly made it way harder lol.
CS at SJSU is extremely competitive (think 4.0+ GPA’s and all A’s in Math and Science courses. Since they are not using the eligibility index for Freshman admits, they are using an impaction index instead. CSU GPA for the a-g courses x 800. The minimum Threshold for CS was 3400 this year so that means a minimum 4.25 CSU GPA to meet the minimum. Even transferring is not a guarantee.
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The Community college I was referring to is the Sacramento Community College, but they do have a rather large Center on the campus at Davis. Davis Center | Sacramento City College
Definitely no guarantee of transfer, especially to CS. The point of the Cuesta (SLO) and Davis suggestion to was allow enable moving to a college town, where finding roommates in similar situations would be possible/easy.
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My nephew went to Santa Monica College and worked for two years and then transferred to UC Santa Cruz. He loved SMC.
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Community college is great. Amazing tool for many atypical students. Hell, great for normal students too because let’s face it, who actually knows what they’re doing with their lives at 18 and is capable of making an informed decision of $100-200k?
CC saved my life, would recommend it to most.
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Only CSU Maritime Academy is still accepting frosh applicants for fall 2021: Application Dates & Deadlines | CSU
Also, SJSU is highly selective for CS. Threshold for fall 2021 frosh applicants was equivalent to a 4.25 weighted-capped GPA: Freshmen Impaction Results | Admissions
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True but in one of @LilFruch’s post they specifically said they didn’t want to overload themselves. Also it does not change the admissions timeline of only having what you can fit in to Summer and Fall to apply with. Spring grades will only be looked at by the UC after acceptance. Nobody is saying it is impossible to get in, but biting off more than you can chew after a tough year and a major disappointment is something that most people would probably advise against. It is just a lot to take on. And, though I am sure they are capable, I would just hope they have all the facts before they commit to loading up on credits every semester for 12 months, it’s very intense, as I’m sure most people here already know.
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Completely agree. CC can be excellent, and depending where you are the education is really great.
How much will they be able to pay? The student loan limits without them cosigning are $5,500 first year, $6,500 / $7,500 / $7,500 later years.
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